IP to close Minden container plant

12:45 AM,
May 19, 2012

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MINDEN - Sixty workers at the International Paper container plant in Minden will lose their jobs July 17 after Friday's announced closure of the former Temple-Inland facility.

IP assumed ownership of the plant in February when it completed a $4.5 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland Inc. Last week, IP announced it was spending $44 million to modernize the Bogalusa mill, also formerly owned by Temple-Inland, and retain more than 400 jobs.

"Following the merger with Temple-Inland, we have more capacity than our customers need in this area," Doug Strickel, region general manager, said in a ...